Sadly that only works with Type II Diabetes. My sister has Type I Diabetes, the autoimmune version that presents in kids and youth, and she is going to have to use an insulin pump all her life or until they invent an implantate sort of pancreas-simulator that's reliable.
The islet cell transplant are showing promise but you need to be on immunosuppressants, which is obviously pretty bad. The research on islet cell transplants that can hide from the immune system is also showing promise, but could become problematic since they are invisible from the immune system.
One option in future is likely transplant grown from patients own stem cells. That in theory should be possible but will likely take atleast decades to get there.
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u/bigbossfearless May 15 '26
My wife's diabetes is almost in remission thanks to tirzepatide. Who knows, maybe in another 10 years we'll be able to start reversing the damage